Started thinking about print communications yesterday as I writing this post, particularly influenced by Seth Godin’s post here, but only in a free-associative way, as well as the best way to promote my band after shows…

I’m a huge proponent of electronic communications and the Web, however, one thing that I know for certain is that print will never die. You need to be able to give people something. They need to be able to hold something in their hands. There’s a lot to be said about the tactile experience of handling something, and while it’s basic, it’s powerful.

This is a fun TV news excerpt from 1981 (1981!!!!) that talks about the end of the newspaper and how it will be replaced by the computer. Techcrunch posted this earlier this month, but I just found it again, and thought it would be neat to post. I stole the title of this post from typographer David Carson’s book of the same name, kind of as a tongue in cheek move (because print will never die, though, many folks are sounding the death knell for print communications). However, as a graphic/Web designer turned developer turned strategist and also a letterpress printer, I know all too well the argument for Web over print, though I haven’t had much opinion with regard to the demise of newspapers. It’s sad, because I’m sentimental, but outmoded things make way for the new in our society; such is the cycle of progress. Anyhow,this is a fun and interesting video that shows just how far things have come.